[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #21974: esc_url() doesn't allow protocol-relative URLs with colons
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#21974: esc_url() doesn't allow protocol-relative URLs with colons
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Reporter: SergeyBiryukov | Owner: nacin
Type: defect (bug) | Status: closed
Priority: normal | Milestone: 3.6
Component: Formatting | Version:
Severity: normal | Resolution: fixed
Keywords: has-patch commit | Focuses:
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Comment (by miqrogroove):
Replying to [comment:6 SergeyBiryukov]:
> Replying to [comment:3 nacin]:
> > Technically, a colon is a "reserved" character which means outside of
its official use, it must be encoded.
>
> An encoded colon (`:` or `:`) doesn't work either.
For future reference, the correct encoding is `%3a` or `%3A` which is not
equivalent to the colon HTML character entity.
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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/21974#comment:15>
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